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The space debris is the objects in orbit around Earth created by humans that no longer serve any useful purpose. They consist of everything from entire spent rocket stages and defunct satellites to explosion fragments, paint flakes, dust and slag from solid rocket motors, and other small particles that are much more dangerous since it is more difficult to oversee them than large objects. | |||
Revision as of 13:49, 7 January 2011
SPACE ELEVATOR VERSUS SPACE DEBRIS
The new method for eliminating the space debris at Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Geostationary Orbit (GEO) is presented here. The paper shows how the Space Elevator can be used in struggling against the space debris that would be possible by means of deploying the huge metallic petals onboard the Space Elevator’s cabin moving along the cable.
Introduction
The space debris is the objects in orbit around Earth created by humans that no longer serve any useful purpose. They consist of everything from entire spent rocket stages and defunct satellites to explosion fragments, paint flakes, dust and slag from solid rocket motors, and other small particles that are much more dangerous since it is more difficult to oversee them than large objects.
